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Use of Thermit in Ice-Breaking

Nature volume 117, pages 621–622 (1926)Cite this article

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THE remarkable results obtained by Dr. H. T. Barnes and his co-workers at Oil City and Franklin in alleviating disaster owing to ice-jams in twenty-four miles of the Allegheny River have received widespread attention.

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EVE, A. Use of Thermit in Ice-Breaking. Nature 117, 621–622 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117621a0

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